I have seen one VRAD-style ("mini"-model) cabinet next to a Cross-Box that is that Light Green color that many of the X-Boxes and Cans are. However, it is the ONLY one I have seen that is green as opposed to the usual Tan.

Anyone else seen green VRADs? Would this box be another piece of equipment besides a VRAD? Based on its location and the fact it is the same exact enclosure as the mini VRAD, I would guess it is a VRAD, but like I said, it is the only green one I have seen.

I will try to take a picture of it tomorrow and post if i remember.

Here are a couple pics of the Green VRAD, or at least a Green VRAD Cabinet. I assume it is a VRAD, as it is right next to a X-Box and its the same enclosure as the regular VRAD Mini... But as you can see, it is green, not tan.

Many of the X-Boxes in Suburban Chicago have the Wood Grain... The rest of the world does not have the wood grained green cross boxes?

And like I said, this is the ONLY green VRAD I have seen so far... which makes me wonder whether it is or not... But it sure looks like one...

Not saying every cross box I've been to up here has the wood grain, some are just plain green, and then there are the tan cross boxes as well. But I would say that a good many, if not most, are the green w/ woodgrain. Woodgrain is hot hot hot in style.

All VRADs though are tan, except this Mini.

Maybe I made this up, but wasn't there some rumor or conjecture that the tan paint color has some special property that makes the box cool better in the summer or something cracked out like that? And if I do remember hearing that, does a green one showing up kinda blow that theory out of the water?

If the VRAD is going next to a green X-Box, I would think it would make sense to make the VRAD green too. So maybe they are testing it to see if it is more "acceptable" and to make sure that the green paint color does not cause any bigger issues, like oh, maybe exploding batteries or anything else silly.

Of course, go ahead and stick with tan VRADs when the X-Box is tan

Almost all the X-Box/VRAD combinations up here (Chi-burbs) have the light green/seafoam X-Boxes with tan VRADs. And if the X-Box is tan, so is the VRAD. The VRADs are (almost) all tan, regardless of the X-Box color.

The pictured one is the exception, not the rule. I snapped the pic because I was shocked to see a VRAD that was green and not tan.

The IL Video Franchise law that gives AT&T video power statewide gives local gov't Right of Way control, so maybe AT&T had to "go green" with this VRAD to meet a local permit? But other VRADs in this particular suburb are still tan, even when they are next to a green X-Box.

   Maybe they are trying to confuse local govt.?

On that size, we have traffic light controllers at nearly every intersection that are silver and IMO, bigger than the VRADs.  I don't think I've read about any complaints down here...other than the exploding battery incidents.

Maybe woodgrained X-Boxes was an old Ameritech thing. Any Ohio, Indiana, or Michigan people want to chime in if your X-Boxes are woodgrained? WI and IL have them (2 out of 5 of the old Ameritech -- Ameritech seems like such a long time ago...)

And I feel better about Green VRADs, if they are also up in CheeseHeadLand...